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Water resources per capita — Ghana

Water resources per capita in Ghana in 2022 — 914 m³/person. Ranked 132 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 78.4%.

2022 914 m³/person −1.9% vs 2021
World rank 132of 181
Period maximum 4,230 m³/person1961
Period minimum 914 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Ghana, 1961–202202,0004,0006,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 4,230 m³/person1963: 4,032 m³/person1965: 3,844 m³/person1967: 3,663 m³/person1969: 3,487 m³/person1971: 3,302 m³/person1973: 3,119 m³/person1975: 2,943 m³/person1977: 2,777 m³/person1979: 2,613 m³/person1981: 2,467 m³/person1983: 2,325 m³/person1985: 2,218 m³/person1987: 2,120 m³/person1989: 2,019 m³/person1991: 1,919 m³/person1993: 1,826 m³/person1995: 1,741 m³/person1997: 1,661 m³/person1999: 1,582 m³/person2001: 1,502 m³/person2003: 1,423 m³/person2005: 1,350 m³/person2007: 1,282 m³/person2009: 1,219 m³/person2011: 1,161 m³/person2013: 1,106 m³/person2015: 1,056 m³/person2017: 1,010 m³/person2019: 969 m³/person2021: 932 m³/person2022: 914 m³/person
Change over the period: −3,316 (−78.39%) Average annual rate: -2.48 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 914 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Western Africa computed 2,431 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 914 −18 −1.9%
2021 932 −18 −1.94%
2020 950 −19 −1.97%
2019 969 −20 −1.99%
2018 989 −21 −2.05%
2017 1,010 −22 −2.17%
2016 1,032 −24 −2.25%
2015 1,056 −25 −2.28%
2014 1,081 −26 −2.34%
2013 1,106 −27 −2.38%
2012 1,133 −28 −2.39%
2011 1,161 −28 −2.38%
2010 1,189 −29 −2.4%
2009 1,219 −31 −2.46%
2008 1,249 −32 −2.51%
2007 1,282 −33 −2.54%
2006 1,315 −35 −2.57%
2005 1,350 −36 −2.59%
2004 1,386 −37 −2.61%
2003 1,423 −39 −2.66%
2002 1,462 −41 −2.71%
2001 1,502 −41 −2.63%
2000 1,543 −39 −2.48%
1999 1,582 −39 −2.41%
1998 1,621 −40 −2.4%
1997 1,661 −40 −2.35%
1996 1,701 −40 −2.31%
1995 1,741 −42 −2.33%
1994 1,783 −43 −2.38%
1993 1,826 −46 −2.44%
1992 1,872 −47 −2.46%
1991 1,919 −49 −2.49%
1990 1,968 −51 −2.52%
1989 2,019 −51 −2.47%
1988 2,070 −50 −2.37%
1987 2,120 −49 −2.27%
1986 2,170 −48 −2.18%
1985 2,218 −48 −2.13%
1984 2,266 −59 −2.55%
1983 2,325 −71 −2.96%
1982 2,396 −71 −2.86%
1981 2,467 −70 −2.77%
1980 2,537 −75 −2.88%
1979 2,613 −81 −3.01%
1978 2,694 −83 −2.99%
1977 2,777 −83 −2.9%
1976 2,860 −84 −2.84%
1975 2,943 −86 −2.85%
1974 3,030 −89 −2.86%
1973 3,119 −91 −2.85%
1972 3,210 −92 −2.78%
1971 3,302 −93 −2.73%
1970 3,395 −92 −2.64%
1969 3,487 −88 −2.47%
1968 3,575 −88 −2.4%
1967 3,663 −90 −2.39%
1966 3,753 −91 −2.38%
1965 3,844 −93 −2.37%
1964 3,937 −95 −2.35%
1963 4,032 −97 −2.36%
1962 4,130 −101 −2.38%
1961 4,230 — —

Western Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LR Liberia 37,221 SL Sierra Leone 19,331 GN Guinea 16,080 GW Guinea-Bissau 7,599 ML Mali 2,600 CI Côte d'Ivoire 2,528 SN Senegal 1,462 TG Togo 1,425 GM Gambia 1,138 NG Nigeria 990 GH Ghana 914 BJ Benin 749 CV Cabo Verde 577 BF Burkina Faso 555 NE Niger 138 MR Mauritania 82
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About the indicator

Internal renewable water resources divided by the population. This is the conventional measure of water scarcity: below 1,700 cubic meters per person a year indicates water stress, below 1,000 scarcity, and below 500 absolute scarcity. The value falls even where the water itself does not diminish — simply from population growth — and the series shows which countries are entering scarcity demographically.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its water resources divided by all of its population. The thresholds of 1,700, 1,000 and 500 m³ are widely used benchmarks, not an official classification.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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